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T62.1 MAENAD NYMPH

Maenad Nymph | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Catalogue No. New York 41.162.19
Beazley Archive No. -
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to Hermonax
Date ca. 460 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

A Maenad nymph strides forward with a thyrsus (pine-cone tipped staff) and coiled serpent held in her hands. She wears a long robe, deer-skin cloak, headband and earrings.

ARTICLES

Maenads-Oreads